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   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On 07/30/2016 05:58 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > Full-auto pistols were tried and found to be uncontrollable 100 years   
   > ago. They quickly evolved into submachine guns which used the same   
   > pistol cartridges but had larger magazines, separate grips for both   
   > hands and enough weight to absorb recoil.   
   >   
      
   http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=495   
      
   Saddam Hussein had a G18. It didn't do him much good and Bush wound up   
   possessing it as a souvenir.   
      
   Like the article says, a skeletal stock converts into sort of a   
   half-assed sub.   
      
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